Practical workers' comp tools
Work Injury Help Center
Printable checklists, worksheets, trackers, and logs for organizing a California work-injury claim. General information, not individual legal advice.
Start with the task in front of you. These printable tools help preserve dates, notices, expenses, and work restrictions without trying to decide your legal rights.
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Start and organize the claim
Build the first paper trail and a claim file that is easy to use.
DWC-1 Request and Injury-Reporting Checklist
Request the DWC-1 in writing, complete only the employee section, return it with proof of delivery, and keep the employer-completed copy with the injury report.
Open toolWorkers' Comp Claim-File Starter
Create one claim folder with separate sections for reporting, medical care, work status, wages, notices, expenses, and messages. Keep originals unchanged and add dated copies as the claim develops.
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Track notices and expenses
Record claim activity, bills, and medical travel without calculating a personal deadline or rate.
Claim Investigation Timeline Tracker
Use one dated row for each filing, letter, request, response, treatment event, or decision. Record what happened and where the proof is saved; do not use this sheet to calculate a legal deadline.
Open toolMedical Mileage and Travel Log
Enter one row per medical or medical-legal trip. Record the actual travel date, route, purpose, mileage, parking, tolls, receipt location, submission date, and payment response without hardcoding a reusable mileage rate.
Open toolWork-Injury Medical Bill Response Checklist
Do not decide from the invoice alone who owes it. Identify the provider, service date, claim status, treatment basis, claims administrator, billing submission, payer response, and any direct collection contact.
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Prepare for appointments and work
Organize interpreter requests, work offers, and deposition logistics.
Interpreter Request and Confirmation Checklist
Request the interpreter early in writing. State the language and dialect, identify the appointment, send the request to the correct recipient, save delivery proof, and confirm the vendor, time, and format before the event.
Open toolModified-Duty Offer Review Worksheet
Place the written offer beside the latest work-status report. Copy each restriction exactly, list the offered task and physical demand, mark any unclear difference, and preserve questions and responses before the start date.
Open toolWorkers' Comp Deposition Preparation Checklist
Read the entire notice, contact counsel promptly, confirm date and attendance instructions, arrange language access, identify requested records, preserve reasonable attendance expenses, and track transcript follow-up without scripting testimony.
Open toolCommon claim problems
These are full claim-problem pages, not printable tools.
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